Elections
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‘A little door to get in, and a great crowd without’: how to get elected to Parliament in early Georgian Britain
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, is still renowned as a poet, commentator on Ottoman society, from when she accompanied her husband…
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Women and Parliament in the Fifteenth Century
2018 is the centennial anniversary of the Representation of the People Act 1918 under the terms of which, for the…
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‘Of the utmost weight for the safety and tranquillity of the kingdom’: the snap election of 1747
The latest in our General Election 2017 series and launching our new blog series on The Georgian Lords, Dr Robin…
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‘Not another one!’: going to the polls in historical perspective
With UK electors heading off to the national polls for the third time in as many years and as part…
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Interrupting by-elections
On the day that the Manchester Gorton by-election was due to take place, Dr Kathryn Rix of our Victorian Commons…